Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ordered a judge to reconsider adding a third-degree murder charge against a former Minneapolis police officer accused in George Floyd’s death.
A three-judge panel said Friday that the trial judge erred when he rejected a motion to reinstate the third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin.
The panel says Hennepin County District Judge Cahill should have followed the precedent set by the appeals court last month when it affirmed the third-degree murder conviction of another former officer, Mohamed Noor, in a different case. The appeals court sent Chauvin’s case back for a ruling consistent with its decision on Noor.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in Chauvin’s trial.
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